One of the things on my to do list before having this baby was buying the book Beyond Snapshots and learning how to get off auto on my lovely camera. I’ve been wanting to do it since before I had Elodie. I love my camera (an Olympus E-620), I love using it but seriously how […]
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Nuffnang Blogopolis 2012
June 30, 2012 By 20 Comments
I love a good blog conference and I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – they are for everyone. Newbies, experienced bloggers, craft bloggers (yes, you craft bloggers) and people thinking about starting a blog. Nuffnang Blogopolis 2012 was bigger and better than last year and I loved it! Dave Krupp aka Kruppy giving […]
{Keep Reading...}first facecloth done!
June 29, 2012 By 11 Comments
Just one night of crochet and ta da I have a facecloth to show for it. I used a super easy pattern from ravelry called Oh So Soft Baby Washcloths (find it here) and also learnt a new stitch – the reverse single crochet – to finish the edging. I used about 1/2 a ball […]
{Keep Reading...}crochet time
June 28, 2012 By 12 Comments
Like any good crafter I have a couple of projects on the go at the moment (baby leggings and a Milo) but wanted to have a little something to take to the hospital with me. Five days in hospital when you’re an experienced mum seems to go on forever. And as I was bathing the little ones […]
{Keep Reading...}bring back the free knitting booklets
June 27, 2012 By 10 Comments
I have quite the little collection of lovely vintage knitting booklets that came with magazines like New Idea, Woman’s Weekly and so on in the 70’s. These days you rarely see a knitting booklet come with your magazine but I say bring them back! This month the Australian Women’s Weekly (one of my favourite magazines that I’ve been reading since […]
{Keep Reading...}roasted sweet potato soup
June 26, 2012 By 9 Comments
or I’m going to call this ‘soup your little ones will have for dinner’. Because my little ones are not really soup people but this one is a winner. My only bit of advice is go easy on the maple syrup. Roasting the sweet potatoes makes them sweet enough and you don’t want it too sweet. […]
{Keep Reading...}some of my favourite baby knits
June 25, 2012 By 16 Comments
With just over 2 weeks to go I’m finding all these gorgeous baby knits that of course I want to make. In fact knitting for a baby is all I can think of. Maybe because it involves sitting on the couch and not doing much more. But who am I kidding………………….time is not on my […]
{Keep Reading...}all cooked out
June 24, 2012 By 9 Comments
Full of inspiration after this post I decided that today was the time to start filling up the freezer. First up chicken cacciatore times two. Next up one kilo of mince turned into bolagnese. This is where I learnt the hard way that you can’t just double the bolagnese recipe in the thermomix – well you can but when it’s […]
{Keep Reading...}going rate for a tooth these days?
June 21, 2012 By 67 Comments
So yesterday was a big milestone in this house as Keira lost her very 1st tooth! She was one of the last in her class to lose one so there was a lot of anticipation. So after weeks of wobbling and pushing it with her tongue, she came home yesterday and by then could do ‘360’s’ […]
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